Difference between revisions of "Leiomyoma"

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* Whorled arrangement of cells.
* Whorled arrangement of cells.


Uncommon present - see note:
Uncommonly present - see note:
* Necrosis (low power) - suggestive of leiomyosarcoma.
* Necrosis (low power) - suggestive of leiomyosarcoma.
* Hypercellularity.
* Hypercellularity.
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Note:
Note:
*Leiomyosarcoma is diagnosed if all of the following are present: (1) high mitotic rate (dependent on site), (2) marked nuclear atypia (seen at low power), (3) [[necrosis]].
*Leiomyosarcoma is diagnosed if all of the following are present: (1) high mitotic rate (dependent on site), (2) marked nuclear atypia (seen at low power), (3) [[necrosis]].
DDx:
*[[Leiomyosarcoma]].
*Dermatomyofibroma.<ref name=Ref_Derm533>{{Ref Derm|533}}</ref>
*[[Myopericytoma]] / [[myofibroma]].


===Variants===
===Variants===
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**Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lipoleiomyoma1.jpg Lipoleiomyoma - low mag. (WC)].
**Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lipoleiomyoma1.jpg Lipoleiomyoma - low mag. (WC)].
*Hypercellular leiomyoma - hypercellularity assoc. with more mutations.<ref>[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119360394/abstract http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119360394/abstract]</ref>
*Hypercellular leiomyoma - hypercellularity assoc. with more mutations.<ref>[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119360394/abstract http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119360394/abstract]</ref>
*Atypical leiomyoma (AKA ''symplastic leiomyoma'') - leiomyoma with nuclear atypia.
*Atypical leiomyoma ([[AKA]] ''symplastic leiomyoma'') - leiomyoma with nuclear atypia.
**Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atypical_leiomyoma_intermed_mag.jpg Atypical leiomyoma (WC)].
**Image: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atypical_leiomyoma_intermed_mag.jpg Atypical leiomyoma (WC)].
*Benign metastasizing leiomyoma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Patton | first1 = KT. | last2 = Cheng | first2 = L. | last3 = Papavero | first3 = V. | last4 = Blum | first4 = MG. | last5 = Yeldandi | first5 = AV. | last6 = Adley | first6 = BP. | last7 = Luan | first7 = C. | last8 = Diaz | first8 = LK. | last9 = Hui | first9 = P. | title = Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: clonality, telomere length and clinicopathologic analysis. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 130-40 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800504 | PMID = 16357844 |url=http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n1/full/3800504a.html}}</ref>
*Benign metastasizing leiomyoma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Patton | first1 = KT. | last2 = Cheng | first2 = L. | last3 = Papavero | first3 = V. | last4 = Blum | first4 = MG. | last5 = Yeldandi | first5 = AV. | last6 = Adley | first6 = BP. | last7 = Luan | first7 = C. | last8 = Diaz | first8 = LK. | last9 = Hui | first9 = P. | title = Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: clonality, telomere length and clinicopathologic analysis. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 130-40 | month = Jan | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3800504 | PMID = 16357844 |url=http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v19/n1/full/3800504a.html}}</ref>
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